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The Reactor Room: An Immersive Chernobyl Exhibition, José Vergara
The Reactor Room: An Immersive Chernobyl Exhibition, José Vergara
Digital Humanities Curricular Development
The Reactor Room: An Immersive Chernobyl Exhibition is a digital installation featuring the work of students in Professor José Vergara’s course Chernobyl: Nuclear Narratives and the Environment (Spring 2020) at Swarthmore College. Students designed this interactive exhibition to facilitate public engagement with the catastrophe. Students researched topics of their own choosing and produced outward-facing digital projects that investigate diverse aspects of Chernobyl’s cultural, environmental, social, and political consequences: maps that visually trace the radioactive fallout; biographies of key figures who experienced, survived, and perpetrated one of the worst nuclear disasters in history; audio-based works that engage with the sounds, silences, …
Chernobyl: Nuclear Narratives And The Environment (Russ/Litr 43) Syllabus, José Vergara
Chernobyl: Nuclear Narratives And The Environment (Russ/Litr 43) Syllabus, José Vergara
Digital Humanities Curricular Development
What really happened on April 26, 1986? This course will introduce students to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, its consequences, and its representations across a range of cultures. Texts will be drawn from (non-)fiction, poetry, film, TV, video games, VR, and other media, as we consider the labyrinth of Chernobyl's mythology through a comparative lens and as a global phenomenon. Culture meets ecology, science, history, and politics. Fields trips and guest speakers. The final class project will involve an installation at McCabe Library.